Monthly Archives: May 2016
Whirlpool Galaxy in Greyscale
Solar 05/23/2016
Both images were imaged with a Lunt 80mm solar scope and an Imaging Source camera at 30 FPS. The first image was magnified an additional 2.5x with a Barlow lens. Ten thousand images were taken in each case and the best 20% were stacked. The images were captured with IC Capture, stacked in Autostakkert, sharpenedContinue reading “Solar 05/23/2016”
Mercury Transit in Greyscale
Mercury Transit
All of the images were taken with an 80mm Lunt Solar Telescope and an Imaging Source video camera. The image at the bottom was a composite of 25 of the best images out of 100 and had no further magnification. The second image was a composite of 50 of the best images out of 200Continue reading “Mercury Transit”
Solar 05/04/2016
A Televue 5x Barlow was used to magnify this image from a double stacked Lunt 80mm solar telescope. The best of 2500 images were stacked.
Solar 05/03/2014
This is a stacked composite of the best of 2500 images using an Imaging Source video camera and a double stacked 80mm Lunt Solar telescope.
IC 1318
Moon 05/02/2016
This was the best image out of over 100 that were taken with a Nikon 200D and a telephoto lens this morning. It was a clear sky for a change.
Astro La Vista Observatory 